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GUATEMALA-VIOLENCE

Protests conclude without incident while Guatemala polarized

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guatemala (EFE) .- The protests against deguatemaltecos in which thousands took to the streets to demand a renunciadel President Alvaro Colom and others for support, they concluded sinincidentes, and left evidence of the polarization viveGuatemala. The expressions of support and rejection occurred midst of the most serious political crisis facing the mandatariosocialdemocrata, unleashed after the assassination, eight days ago delabogado Rodrigo Rosenberg.

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-BENEDETTI URUGUAY

Uruguay loses its principal cultural figure and letters unsimbolo

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Montevideo (EFE) .- With the death of Mario Benedetti, Uruguaypierde the most international of their culture and masprolifico writer and winner of the country, recognized also by its compromisosocial. Benedetti died at 88 years at his home in Montevideoy was awarded the Queen Sofia Ibero-American Poetry (1999), the Premio Iberoamericano Jose Marti (2001) and PremioInternacional Menendez Pelayo (2005), among others.

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USA-GOVERNMENT

Obama launches appeal for tolerance in debate over abortion

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Washington (EFE) .- The U.S. president, Barack Obama, launched unemotivo appeal for tolerance in a speech at the Universidadcatolica of Notre Dame, which has been the scene of protests for its support of abortion and the president stem cell research.

According to the university police, 27 people fuerondetenidas Sunday raid, besides the 19 who habiansido arrested on Saturday.

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CHILE-COLOMBIA

Colombia and Chile have its North American Free Trade

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Bogota (EFE). – Chilean Foreign Minister, Mariano Fernandez, iniciouna visit to Bogota to present today some 900 entrepreneurs Treaty of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with Colombia, which sebusca increase the exchange between the two countries. The cancillerpresentara with Colombian President à lvaro Uribe, the agreement for the business seminar Colombia-Chile FTA: Strengthening and Expanding Trade Binacional.

AH1N1 FLU-US

deputy dies of a school in New York by influenza A

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Washington (EFE) .- The vice principal of a school in New York hamuerto as a result of influenza virus AH1N1, which habiadejado in critical condition in recent days. It is the mortal sextavictima of this variant of influenza A in the U.S., and the first in New York, since the virus was detected.

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FLU-AH1N1 CHILE

Chilean Government confirms second case of influenza A in the country

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Santiago, Chile (EFE) .- The Chilean Minister of Health, Ã lvaroErazo, the second confirmed case of influenza A in the country in unamujer of 25 years who traveled on the same plane from DR and Panama on the scale reached by the primeracontagiada also confirmed on Sunday. The young Chilean laciudadana friend of 32 years to stay in the hospital Toraxde of the Chilean capital, remains isolated and under observation unaclinica Private Santiago de Chile in good condition saludy receiving antiviral treatment, Erazo said.

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-SRI LANKA WAR

The tigers to recognize the Tamil struggle has come to an end

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New Delhi (EFE) .- The Tamil guerrillas declared that the battle to the bitter end hallegado and announced a unilateral cease loscombates to the bloodshed in northern Sri Lanka.

We only have one option: to eliminate last delenemigo weak excuse to kill our people. We decided silenciarnuestras weapons, said the head of international relations of guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, S.

Pathmanathan.

/LITHUANIA-ELECTIONS

Grybauskaite wins the first round of the presidential

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Vilnius (EFE) .- La Dalia Grybauskaite eurocomisaria won laprimera round of presidential elections in Lithuania, according first official results, but it is still unknown if the involvement is sufficient to avoid a second round. With el13, 67 percent of ballots scrutinized the candidate independienterecibia the 65.33 percent of votes, Central ComisionElectoral reported on its website.

/INDIA-ELECCIONES

Final results confirm the victory of the Congress Party

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New Delhi (EFE) .- The Election Commission of India confirmed laabultada victory in legislative elections in the country of the alliance led by the Congress Party, which haquedado only ten seats in the majority. Final results give 206 deputies to the Congress, together asus partners, 262 total, close to the figure of 272 diputadosnecesaria to govern.

/PAKISTAN-TALIBAN

Pakistan calls out over and figure in a thousand civilians dead

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Islamabad (EFE) .- The Pakistani Minister of Interior, RehmanMalik, amounted to over a thousand suspected Taliban killed in laoperacion launched the Army in the mountainous north of the country ypidio to civilians living in territory controlled by losintegristas to leave the area. Malik appealed to losciviles to leave Mingora, the main city deSwat Valley and other areas where troops are planning to rob tothe Taliban.

/US-SPACE

Astronauts scheduled fifth walk after Hubble problems inthe fourth

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Washington (EFE) .- The astronauts of the shuttle Atlantis will develop today in the fifth walk outside telescopioespacial Hubble after finding more problems than esperadospara repair a spectrograph. Mike Massimino and Mike Good apenaspudieron in a walk over eight hours to conclude lareparacion the Space Telescope Imaging spectrograph, andthe NASA decided to schedule another one today to install a door in panelaislante. EFE